The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey translated out of Latine and compared with the French. by Th: Johnson
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The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey translated out of Latine and compared with the French. by Th: Johnson
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Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
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London :: Printed by Th: Cotes and R. Young,
anno 1634.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Surgery -- Early works to 1800.
Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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That men were taught by beasts to polish, and to whet their weapons, and to lie in ambush.
SOuldiers are carefull to keepe their weapons from rust, and therefore they carrie them to the Armorers tobe polished. But in ths care, many beasts are nothing in∣ferior unto them; for Boares whet their tuskes against they fight. And the Elephant knowing that one of his teeth is doubled with digging at the rootes of trees to get meate, keepeth the other sharpe, and touches nothing with it, preserving it for
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his combate with the Rihnocerot his enemy; but the craft of the Rhinocerot is very remarkeable, that being in continuall enmity with the Elephant, at the time
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when hee prepares for the battell, he whets his horne against a rocke, as if it were * 1.1 with a whetstone; nor (if he can chuse) will he strike any other part of the Elephant but the belly, because he knowes that part of the Elephant is so tender, that it may be easily pierced. This beast is in length equall to the Elephant, but i•• height hee is inferior unto him, by reason of the shortnesse of his feete; he is of a palish yellow co∣lour, and full of many sports.
Notes
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Tke craft of the Rhinocerot about to fight with the Ele∣phant: